Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pron] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It helps to know that someone is looking after it , that someone cares . |
| 2 | It might be helpful to know that it is planned that low flying by jets will decline by about 30 per cent . |
| 3 | ‘ And now to know that it is haunted makes me a little apprehensive . ’ |
| 4 | Suppose a girl under 16 does not wish her parents to know that she is seeking contraceptive advice : the medical profession is divided between those who give priority to partial consent , and others who , in line with the General Medical Council , hold that the principle of professional confidentiality overrides that of parental consent . |
| 5 | In any event the purchaser will want to know that he is buying the right assets from the right companies . |
| 6 | It merely states that the normal and primary justification of any authority has to establish that it is qualified to follow with some degree of success the principles which should govern the decisions of all authorities . |
| 7 | If a correction is made , consumers have the right to demand that it is notified to people who have had information during the previous six months . |
| 8 | However , if he has disclosed that fact so as to indicate that he is transferring to the purchaser only his own possessory title , then he will not be in breach of the condition , section 12(3) . |
| 9 | This card may be placed face up at the table edge or with the unit to indicate that it is affected . |
| 10 | Erm , in the letter that you s sending by fax tomorrow , you tend to indicate that it is held while the matter 's sorted . |
| 11 | Is it easy to dismantle and what is knocking ? |
| 12 | Critical consents are those which it is essential for the purchaser to obtain if it is to conduct the business after completion . |
| 13 | Controversial figures in public life , such as Winston Churchill , Richard Nixon , Indira Gandhi , Martin Luther King , T. S. Eliot and many others , will probably attract biographers for years to come because it is felt that there are still new things to be said about them , new perspectives from which their work can be seen , and new interpretations of politics or the arts in which their contributions should be judged . |
| 14 | The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one ! |
| 15 | The lack of analysis of specific songs in Adorno 's writings means that it is impossible to know whether he is talking about real pieces or , more likely , ideal types . |
| 16 | What judgements could the audience be asked to pass when it is played back ? |
| 17 | The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King . |
| 18 | The cough is there to signal that something is going awry and needs attention after which it will be all right . |
| 19 | Given this scenario one would have thought that it was clear for all to see that what is required are urgent steps to reduce the time , and opportunity for offending , between being apprehended for an offence and having that offence dealt with by the courts . |
| 20 | If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party . |
| 21 | Also , I need to be available for the crew and all the personnel on the road to see that everything is going fine from their point of view . |
| 22 | The Boffins take care of him when Betty goes away , and disguised as a dustman , he keeps an eye on Wegg whilst Boffin 's mounds are cleared to see that nothing is stolen . |
| 23 | It is easy to see that it is intended to be consistent . |
| 24 | We are then in a better position to take steps to see that it is achieved . |
| 25 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
| 26 | The only important thing is to see that she is eating wisely . |
| 27 | To see that she is receiving the correct amount of occupational pension ( if any ) that is due to her . |
| 28 | I think also we have to acknowledge that whoever is providing a service , if they are trying to produce an enhanced level of service , it will cost more . |
| 29 | By questioning the idea of language as a total representation of what it signifies , deconstruction refuses to limit the play of language , refuses to acknowledge that it is controlled by a centre — an author , a historic identity , the subject which it is representing . |
| 30 | They will put the moment off for as long as possible or refuse to acknowledge that it is coming along and then protest that they were not told . |